Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-04-29

TIC UTcdk III tue race wall. WORK Will
be resumed at the break as soon as the
water will allow.
We are requested to say that the Hot
water niue beat the Plowholders nine of
Shepherd College on Tuesday in game
of base ball by a score of 16 to 8. Had
not rain interfered the score would have
been about 76 to IL.
We do wish the editor of the Free
Press would invite us to 90 fishing with
him. He has just been presented with
a bottle of seven-year.o ld-er-er-
"bait preserver," We suppose would be
the proper name for it.
Mr.. Charles F. Munder, SON. in-law
of Mr.. William Updegraff. of Hagers.
town, died at his home In Baltimore on
Monday very suddenly, aged % years.
The deceased was engaged in the print
ing and stationery business, and was
very promising young man.
Captain Il. II. Bransford has been ap.
pointed Auditor of the Shenandoah VAL
ley Railroad to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Col. Portlock. Captain
Bransford has been freight agent of the
Shenandoah Valley road at Roanoke for
some time past.
Several days ago barn belonging to
Mr.. Lewis Wilt, near Manning's School
House, Jefferson county, was set on fire
and burned to the ground. The barn
containing farming implements, grain,
etc., were lost. The stock and harness
were saved. The barn was insured for
$3.50.
Spreading rails on siding of the
Western Maryland Railroad at the COM
pany's elevator, in Hagerstown, Mon
day, caused freight car to be thrown
into ditch adjoining. Mr.. Charles
Grant, brakeman, who was on top Of
the car at the time, escaped with slight
injuries.
The funeral services of Mrs. Annie
E. j. Lemcn, wife of Mr.. j. Il. Lemen,
of Spring Mills, Berkeley county, will
be held at the first NJ. E. Church at
Martinsburg May 1st at II a. m, by the
pastor, Rev. John Edwards. The rel
atlves and friends are cordially invited
to attend.
A considerable rise in the Potomac
river last Saturday and Sunday made
the workmen on the railroad bridge I'M
easy for fear that the trestling they have
put up would be carried away. A force
of men was kept at work on Sunday
strengthening the framework, and on
damage was done.
maria Blunt" lady who is known
to many persons in this locality, has
story in Scribner's Magazine for May.
entitled .Marse Archie's Fight" IL is
written in the dialect style, and the
scene is evidently Maryland re sidence
opposite Shepherdstown, if we are to
Judge from various descriptive points in
the story.
A temperance wave seems to be sweep
ing over Virginia. Local option cleo
lions were held in four of the five dis
triets OF Rockingham county OIL Mon
day. The Harrisonburg district gave
pa prohibition majority, the Ashby dis
trict about 500, aud the other two dis
tricts are claimed by the prohibitionists
by small majorities.
A dispatch from Cumberland says
that canal business is looking up little.
The Georges Creek Company have re-
sumed shipments. and it is now thought
that the canal will receive fair share
of business after all. The Consolidation
Company, the largest shippers. have re-
duced freights to boatmen from seventy
five TO seventy cents.
Tie Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Company not having agreed on any re-
Enumeration for the space occupied by
their advertisements, most publishers
have taken from their papers the rail-
road timetables. This is quite disad-
vantage to the travelling public, and the
officials should speedily make arrange
ments for the publication of their sched-
ule again.
The report of the school taught by X.
NJ. Huyett, for month ending April 18th
shows an average daily attendance OF
"a pupils; that pupils-Mazie A. Bill
myer, Rosa F. Billmyer, Emma G. Fulk,
Estella Jones. Minnie Jones, Ella V.
Staley and Herman Billmyer-were
neither absent nor tardy; and one visit
by trustee.
Town Sergeant w. l.. Arthur arrested
a colored man named Cote Swift on
Wednesday at the request OF Charles
town authorities. ard the same day
Sergeant Young came over and took the
prisoner TO that place. Mr.. Swift was
wanted to answer the charge OF knock
inc down with a stone last June white
gentleman named Lloyd, for which he
was indicted by the grand jury.
"The Empire News Company. which
has been given large spaces in the col
umns of about one-half our exchanges,
now turns out to be q fraud and don't
nav its bills. We advise our brethren
of the press to follow the REGISTERS
example: Do not insert advertisements
of unknown foreign firms unless they
pay in advance. We adopted this rule
some time ago, and we find it pays every
time.
At the stated session Of Winchester
Presbytery at Front Royal last week